Abstract

Doc number: 41

Abstract: Anomalies of coronary number and course represent an opinion-dividing topic in cardiopathology, particularly for their relationship with sudden cardiac death.

To the best of our knowledge, we herein report the first fatal case of a young female whose coronary anatomy was characterised by the absence of any septal perforator branch in the proximal segment of the LAD.

This case could be useful for pathologists, coronary angiographers, and interventional cardiologists in detecting this infrequent anomaly, thus providing a more accurate estimation of its incidence.

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Details

Title
Sudden death in a young female with an under-recognised coronary anomaly
Author
De-Giorgio, Fabio; Grassi, Vincenzo M; Vetrugno, Giuseppe; Arena, Vincenzo
Pages
41
Publication year
2013
Publication date
2013
Publisher
BioMed Central
e-ISSN
1746-1596
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-1596-8-41
ProQuest document ID
1316871388
Copyright
© 2013 De-Giorgio et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.